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Crain remove the wreckage of a train in the Giza in Badrashin, about 40 km south of Cairo, on January 15, 2013, at least 19 people where killed and injured 105. The train carrying conscripts from south Egypt to Cairo derailed in the Giza neighbourhood of Badrasheen, state media reported. Giza governor Ali Abdelrahman said emergency services were at the scene and ambulances were ferrying the injured to hospital. The accident is the latest in a string of transport disasters plaguing the country. KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images

Egyptian workers remove the wreckage of a military train crash in the Giza neighbourhood of Badrashin, about 40 km (25 miles) west of Cairo, January 15, 2013. A military train carrying young recruits to an army camp derailed in a Cairo suburb on Tuesday, killing 19 people and injuring 107, Egypt's health ministry spokesman said. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Egyptian workers remove the wreckage of a train in the Giza in Badrashin, about 40 km south of Cairo, on January 15, 2013, at least 19 people where killed and injured 105. The train carrying conscripts from south Egypt to Cairo derailed in the Giza neighbourhood of Badrasheen, state media reported. Giza governor Ali Abdelrahman said emergency services were at the scene and ambulances were ferrying the injured to hospital. The accident is the latest in a string of transport disasters plaguing the country. KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images

A man inspects the wreckage of a military train crash that left 19 passengers, who were soldiers, killed and 107 wounded, in the Giza neighbourhood of Badrashin, about 40 km (25 miles) west of Cairo, January 15, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

A man inspects the wreckage of a military train crash in the Giza neighbourhood of Badrashin, about 40 km (25 miles) west of Cairo, January 15, 2013. A military train carrying young recruits to an army camp derailed in a Cairo suburb on Tuesday, killing 19 people and injuring 107, Egypt's health ministry spokesman said. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Belongings and traces of blood of victims are seen at the wreckage of a military train crash in the Giza neighbourhood of Badrashin, about 40 km (25 miles) west of Cairo, January 15, 2013. A military train carrying young recruits to an army camp derailed in a Cairo suburb on Tuesday, killing 19 people and injuring 107, Egypt's health ministry spokesman said. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

The wreckage of a military train crash is pictured in the Giza neighbourhood of Badrashin, about 40 km (25 miles) west of Cairo, January 15, 2013. A military train carrying young recruits to an army camp derailed in a Cairo suburb on Tuesday, killing 19 people and injuring 107, Egypt's health ministry spokesman said. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Kandil (C) visits the site at the wreckage of a military train crash in the Giza neighbourhood of Badrashin, about 40 km (25 miles) west of Cairo, January 15, 2013. A military train carrying young recruits to an army camp derailed in a Cairo suburb on Tuesday, killing 19 people and injuring 107, Egypt's health ministry spokesman said. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

A man walks his cow beside the wreckage of a military train crash in the Giza neighbourhood of Badrashin, about 40 km (25 miles) west of Cairo, January 15, 2013. A military train carrying young recruits to an army camp derailed in a Cairo suburb on Tuesday, killing 19 people and injuring 107, Egypt's health ministry spokesman said. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Belongings of victims lie near the wreckage of a military train crash in the Giza neighbourhood of Badrashin, about 40 km (25 miles) west of Cairo, January 15, 2013. A military train carrying young recruits to an army camp derailed in a Cairo suburb on Tuesday, killing 19 people and injuring 107, Egypt's health ministry spokesman said. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

An Egyptian worker works at removing the wreckage of a military train crash in the Giza neighbourhood of Badrashin, about 40 km (25 miles) west of Cairo, January 15, 2013. A military train carrying young recruits to an army camp derailed in a Cairo suburb on Tuesday, killing 19 people and injuring 107, Egypt's health ministry spokesman said. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Men inspect the wreckage of a military train crash in the Giza neighbourhood of Badrashin, about 40 km (25 miles) west of Cairo, January 15, 2013. A military train carrying young recruits to an army camp derailed in a Cairo suburb on Tuesday, killing 19 people and injuring 107, Egypt's health ministry spokesman said. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

A man smokes beside the wreckage of a military train crash in the Giza neighbourhood of Badrashin, about 40 km (25 miles) west of Cairo, January 15, 2013. A military train carrying young recruits to an army camp derailed in a Cairo suburb on Tuesday, killing 19 people and injuring 107, Egypt's health ministry spokesman said. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

A man inspects the wreckage inside a military train crash in the Giza neighbourhood of Badrashin, about 40 km (25 miles) west of Cairo, January 15, 2013. A military train carrying young recruits to an army camp derailed in a Cairo suburb on Tuesday, killing 19 people and injuring 107, Egypt's health ministry spokesman said. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

A man walks beside the wreckage of a military train crash in the Giza neighbourhood of Badrashin, about 40 km (25 miles) west of Cairo, January 15, 2013. A military train carrying young recruits to an army camp derailed in a Cairo suburb on Tuesday, killing 19 people and injuring 107, Egypt's health ministry spokesman said. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Men walk beside the wreckage of a military train crash in the Giza neighbourhood of Badrashin, about 40 km (25 miles) west of Cairo, January 15, 2013. A military train carrying young recruits to an army camp derailed in a Cairo suburb on Tuesday, killing 19 people and injuring 107, Egypt's health ministry spokesman said. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

A man inspects the wreckage of a military train crash in the Giza neighbourhood of Badrashin, about 40 km (25 miles) west of Cairo, January 15, 2013. A military train carrying young recruits to an army camp derailed in a Cairo suburb on Tuesday, killing 19 people and injuring 107, Egypt's health ministry spokesman said. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

A man inspects the wreckage of a military train crash in the Giza neighbourhood of Badrashin, about 40 km (25 miles) west of Cairo, January 15, 2013. A military train carrying young recruits to an army camp derailed in a Cairo suburb on Tuesday, killing 19 people and injuring 107, Egypt's health ministry spokesman said. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Crain remove the wreckage of a train in the Giza in Badrashin, about 40 km south of Cairo, on January 15, 2013, at least 19 people where killed and injured 105. The train carrying conscripts from south Egypt to Cairo derailed in the Giza neighbourhood of Badrasheen, state media reported. Giza governor Ali Abdelrahman said emergency services were at the scene and ambulances were ferrying the injured to hospital. The accident is the latest in a string of transport disasters plaguing the country. KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images

Photos: Train crash in Egypt kills 19

CAIRO — At least 19 people died and more than 100 were injured when two railroad passenger cars derailed just south of Cairo after midnight Monday, health officials said.
The accident comes less than two weeks after a new transportation minister was appointed to overhaul the rail system, and just two months after a deadly collision between a train and school bus.
The official MENA news agency quoted Health Ministry officials who said that the 107 wounded were being treated in hospitals near the site of the accident in Giza's Badrasheen neighborhood. They said the number of dead is expected to rise.